2017–18 Southern Combination Football League
# 2017–18 Southern Combination Football League

The 2017–18 Southern Combination Football League season was the 93rd in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

The constitution was announced on 26 May 2017.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after Wick and Hailsham Town were relegated to Division One, and Shoreham were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Three clubs joined the division:

* East Preston – promoted from Division One
* Saltdean United – promoted from Division One
* Three Bridges – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South

With the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.

Teams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018–19.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haywards Heath Town | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 83 | Promoted to Isthmian League South East Division |
| 2 | Three Bridges | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 82 | Promoted to Isthmian League South East Division |
| 3 | Pagham | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 100 | 42 | +58 | 75 | |
| 4 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 71 | |
| 5 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 69 | |
| 6 | Chichester City | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 86 | 54 | +32 | 68 | |
| 7 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 68 | |
| 8 | Saltdean United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 65 | |
| 9 | Newhaven | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 61 | |
| 10 | Lancing | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 52 | |
| 11 | Loxwood | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 51 | |
| 12 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 45 | |
| 13 | East Preston | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 45 | |
| 14 | AFC Uckfield Town | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 44 | |
| 15 | Broadbridge Heath | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 51 | 81 | −30 | 37 | |
| 16 | Eastbourne United | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 94 | −49 | 32 | |
| 17 | Arundel | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 30 | |
| 18 | Hassocks | 38 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 38 | 92 | −54 | 28 | |
| 19 | Worthing United | 38 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 100 | −71 | 27 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Littlehampton Town | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 95 | −56 | 24 | Relegated to Division One |

* ↑ AFC Uckfield Town were deducted nine points for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Hassocks were reprieved from relegation.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | ARU | BBH | CCH | CDG | EPR | EBT | EBU | HSK | HHE | HYM | LAN | LIT | LOX | NEW | PAG | PAT | SDU | TBD | WRU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Arundel | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 |
| Chichester City | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| East Preston | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Eastbourne Town | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 8–1 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Eastbourne United Association | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Hassocks | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Haywards Heath Town | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| Horsham YMCA | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Lancing | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
| Littlehampton Town | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Loxwood | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | | 1–6 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Newhaven | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 6–1 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Pagham | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 7–0 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Saltdean United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Three Bridges | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 5–1 |
| Worthing United | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

* Hailsham Town
* Wick

Step 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018–19.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Little Common | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 112 | 32 | +80 | 85 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Langney Wanderers | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 123 | 57 | +66 | 82 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Lingfield | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 114 | 46 | +68 | 79 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Ringmer | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 64 | Resigned at the end of the season |
| 5 | Wick | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 86 | 55 | +31 | 61 | |
| 6 | Mile Oak | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 82 | 68 | +14 | 56 | |
| 7 | Bexhill United | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 55 | |
| 8 | Hailsham Town | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 75 | −1 | 49 | |
| 9 | Selsey | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 47 | |
| 10 | St Francis Rangers | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 47 | |
| 11 | Steyning Town | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 43 | |
| 12 | Seaford Town | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 42 | |
| 13 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 74 | 101 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | AFC Varndeanians | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 51 | 85 | −34 | 35 | |
| 15 | Storrington | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 39 | 96 | −57 | 27 | |
| 16 | Billingshurst | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 98 | −47 | 24 | |
| 17 | Oakwood | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 52 | 102 | −50 | 22 | |
| 18 | Southwick | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 112 | −72 | 18 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | VAR | BEX | BIL | HAI | LAW | LIN | LIT | MID | MIL | OAK | RIN | SEA | SEL | SOU | STF | STE | STO | WIC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Vardeanians | | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 3–7 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Bexhill United | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Billingshurst | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Hailsham Town | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–7 |
| Langney Wanderers | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | | 5–2 | 3–2 | 9–0 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 8–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 3–2 |
| Lingfield | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 6–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Little Common | 5–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0–5 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Mile Oak | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 5–2 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 3–3 |
| Oakwood | 3–1 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–2 | | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Ringmer | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 |
| Seaford Town | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Selsey | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Southwick | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–7 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| St Francis Rangers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Steyning Town | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Storrington | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 0–5 |
| Wick | 5–0 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | |

## Division Two

Division Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined this season.

Promotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.

Also, Worthing Town Leisure reverted to the name of Worthing Town after their merger with Worthing Leisure F.C. was ended after one season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rustington | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 24 | +55 | 56 | |
| 2 | Sidlesham | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 53 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Jarvis Brook | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 52 | |
| 4 | Alfold | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 47 | Promoted to Division One |
| 5 | Bosham | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 47 | |
| 6 | Roffey | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 46 | |
| 7 | Cowfold | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 43 | |
| 8 | Westfield | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 40 | |
| 9 | Montpelier Villa | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 34 | |
| 10 | Upper Beeding | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 31 | |
| 11 | Worthing Town | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 81 | −37 | 25 | |
| 12 | Rottingdean Village | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 89 | −53 | 23 | |
| 13 | Clymping | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 48 | 91 | −43 | 13 | |
| 14 | Ferring | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 105 | −77 | 6 | |
| 15 | Lancing United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned, record expunged |

* ↑ Lancing United resigned from the league in February 2018, and their playing record of P17 W5 D1 L11 GF27 GA55 Pts16 was expunged.
